Lower Order Thinking

Thinking Level

Higher Order Thinking Skills

Blooms New Taxonomy

Can the student justify a

stand or decision?

Assemble, construct,
create, design, develop,
Can the student create new formulate, write.

Create

product or point of view?

Evaluate
Analyze
Can the student
distinguish between the
different parts?

appraise, argue, defend,

judge, select, support,
value, evaluate
Compare, explain,
examine, categorize,
identify, contrast,
investigate, sort

Show, solve, illustrate,

complete, examine, use,
Can the student use the
classify, deduce, order,
information in a new way? differentiate
Predict, explain, outline,
discuss, restate,
Can the student explain
translate

Product/
Assessment
Writing, art, project/
presentation, invention,
composition (music),
write a play, build
Persuasive/argument
paper, debate, rating scale
with criteria and
justifications, discussion
Graph, chart, survey,
questionnaire, plan,
writing,

Apply

Diagram, map, model,

illustration, mathematical
algorithm,

Understand

Writing plan/outline,
verbal explanation,
presentation,

ideas or concepts?

Remember
Can the student recall or
remember the
information?

Skills

Verbs

Define, describe,
Lists, matching,
identify, know, label.
definitions, labels, names,
list, match, name, recall,
recognize, select, state,
find

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